Sunday, 7 September 2014

It's competition time! Who'd say no to a doll and book competition? I nearly did, but read on to find out what happened.

Background information from the press release

A love of reading, writing and a passion
for adventure are the themes of a new Lottie dolls competition, with
kids aged 10 and under being asked to put their imagination and
creativity into action by writing a story about Lottie and her
holiday adventures.

The
Lottie™ ‘Holiday Adventure Storywriting competition is a chance
for one lucky child to win a selection of ten books from the Lottie
Pinterest folder ‘Great Books for Girls’ (that boys can read
too!), in addition to winning exclusive NEW Lottie products before
they hit the shelves.

Lucie
Follett, Creative Director of Arklu, explains;
“Lottie dolls motto is
‘Be Bold, Be Brave, Be You’ and
our dolls explore inspiring and adventurers themes; the storywriting
competition promotes this imaginative nature in young kids.Classic
children’s stories such as Anne of Green Gables and Pippi
Longstocking, enter us in to a world where girls aren’t pristine or
perfect, but are
perfectly good
role models for real
girls. Brave, strong, flawed but charismatic characters inviting us
on adventures while we learn a few life lessons on the way – this
is typical of the ‘pro-girl’ ethos of Lottie. Vacations abroad or
simply school holidays spent at home are often memorable times for
children so we want to hear about them, by getting the children
involved in some imaginative writing fun!.”

Lottie™
has been purposefully designed under expert guidance to both look and
dress as a regular child – a childlike body shape, no make-up,
jewellery or high-heels. Lottie™ also has the ability to stand on
her own two feet (always a useful life skill for all girls, big and
small). A chapter book series based on Lottie’s adventures is
currently in development.

Nayu: Originally I wasn't going to advertise this competition because it was Facebook entry only. I'm not on Facebook, and strongly dislike competitions with restrictions like that. I explained that to the publicist who then sent this reply:

We really appreciate your
support and we are happy to tell you that, since we really want to
engage as many kids as possible in our competition to get them reading
great books, and encourage literacy as a hobby from a young age, we
have found a more inclusive way to entering the competition, also for
those who are not keen to use FB [Nayu: See how to enter below for both entry methods]

Nayu: Whoohoo for that was an unexpected development! I'm pleased I took the time to explain my view because it's made the competition open to everyone regardless of Facebook accounts You do have to be 10 years or under. I'm advertising it here on NRC because reading is vital to life, and the 'classics' are firm favourites for a reason Me, I adore Heidi! Plus I've seen the doll before and thought she was cute - here's an image of Autumn Leaves Lottie Doll:

So cute!!!

How to Enter (Facebook method)

Entering
the competition is very straightforward, and requires parental
permission.

Parents
and guardians are asked to download a printable template from the
storywriting app on the Lottie dolls Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/lottiedolls
so that kids can use this as a starting point for their story.
Parents are then required to take a photo of their child’s story
and upload it onto the storywriting contest Facebook app and fill in
a form to grant parental permission for their child’s entry to be
considered for the competition. Full terms and conditions of the
competition are to be found at:
http://www.lottie.com/holiday-adventures-story-writing-competition-terms-conditions/

Entries
will be judged on their creativity and originality, fun and overall
‘kid-appeal’, as well as keeping true to the ‘pro girl’
values that underpin the Lottie™ brand.

Closing date for entries is Friday 12th September 2014.

About
Arklu

Arklu
is a young and innovative award-winning toy company with the dynamic
team of Lucie Follett and Ian Harkin at the helm.

Since
her launch in August 2012, Lottie dolls have become something of a
global phenomenon securing the approval of industry experts (winning
19 awards in the US, UK and Canada including 5 prestigious Oppenheim
Portfolio Platinum Awards), child development experts (encouragement
quotes), international press coverage and most importantly, positive
feedback from the parents and children who love Lottie.

Lottie
now sells in 30 countries; the www.lottie.com
website appears in 17 language versions, including Chinese, Russian
and Japanese.

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